News about the state and prospects of the defense industry
Source: deckhands of the Northern Fleet on the MiG-29 began a flight from the Crimea to the north of Russia
According to the agency interlocutor, up to 10 MiG-29K/KUB 100 OKIAP aircraft were used during training at the NITKA complex
The hundredth separate naval fighter aviation regiment (OKIAP) of the naval aviation of the Northern Fleet (SF) has completed training on an aircraft carrier analogue - the ground test training complex (aviation) NITKA in Saki and on Thursday began flying to a permanent-based airfield. This was reported to TASS by a source.
Taiwan builds its first submarine
Taiwan will soon have the first submarine of its own design. November 17, portal navalpost.com He reported that a closed ceremony of laying the keel of a new submarine was held at the CSBC Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard in Kaohsiung.
The dates of the beginning of the design of the Russian orbital station are named
In 2022, the preliminary design of the Russian orbital station will begin. Alexander Bloshenko, Executive Director of the Roscosmos State Corporation for Advanced Programs and Science, called the start date of the work. This is reported by Interfax.
An F-16 interceptor fighter crashed in Greece
An American-made F-16 interceptor fighter crashed during takeoff from Andravida Air Base, where the 117th Aviation Wing of the Greek Air Force is based. The incident occurred in the north-west of the Peloponnese peninsula.
In Russia, the elements of the sunken F-35 that are of particular interest were named
For the Russian side, a special interest among the elements in the wreckage of the fifth-generation British fighter with a short takeoff and vertical landing of the F-35B Lightning II in the Mediterranean Sea may be the recognition unit of the "friend-foe" system and weapons control equipment, military expert Dmitry Boltenkov told Izvestia.
Russia took the 10th place in the ranking of countries with supercomputers
Top500.org published on Monday a list of the 500 most productive supercomputers in the world; in the ranking of countries with supercomputers, Russia ranked 10th in terms of a combination of factors that take into account the number and power of machines.
UAE special services suspended electric motorcycles from the Black Hawk helicopter
The UAE Special Operations Command at the Dubai Air Show showed a Black Hawk helicopter with electric motorcycles suspended on it. According to Electrek, now the special services are testing how good this transport combination is in intelligence missions.
Experts from different countries discuss the prospects of manned cosmonautics in the CPC
Representatives of enterprises from Russia, USA, Croatia, India, Mexico participate in the international scientific and practical conference "Manned Space Flights"
The problems and prospects of manned space exploration are being discussed at the international scientific and practical conference "Manned Space Flights", which opened on Wednesday in Zvezdny Gorodok, by representatives of enterprises from Russia, the USA, Croatia, India, Mexico and other countries. This is stated in the message of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.
The head of NASA expressed concern about the safety of the ISS crew
The head of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Bill Nelson, expressed concern about the safety of the crew of the International Space Station (ISS). Nelson said this on Tuesday, November 16.
NASA has completed the formation of the crew of the Crew-4 mission
The last member of the fourth crew was American Jessica Watkins
The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) named on Tuesday the last member of the fourth crew who will travel on the Crew Dragon ship of the American company SpaceX to the International Space Station (ISS) next spring, they became American Jessica Watkins.
The United States is still concerned that the wreckage of a satellite shot down by Russia may pose a threat - Pentagon
The United States is concerned about the possible consequences of the scattering of satellite debris shot down by the Russian military, but so far there have been no contacts about this that could be said, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said.
The Cygnus cargo spacecraft will detach from the ISS on November 20
After separation from the station, the device will remain in orbit for a little less than a month
The undocking from the International Space Station of the American Cygnus cargo ship of Northrop Grumman Corporation, which delivered 3.7 tons of payloads to the station in August, is scheduled for November 20. This was announced on Tuesday on its website by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
The historian predicted an arms race in space
The indignation on the part of the United States about the tests of the anti-satellite system by Russia is quite cynical, since they themselves shot down their satellite back in 2008, and then the Pentagon itself did not respond to objections from the Russian Federation and China. This was told by military historian Boris Yulin on Wednesday, November 17.
The Pentagon expressed concern about record US inflation
The Pentagon is concerned about the rate of inflation in the United States. Consumer prices at the end of October rose sharply to 6.2% in annual value, the Izvestia TV channel reports. The indicator reached a record high since 1990, when it was 6.3%. Last month alone, prices jumped by 0.9%. Inflation can increase the cost of weapons. You will have to pay more for both current and future contracts. Military-industrial companies are already facing a crisis in the supply chain.
The Commission allowed the crew with Japanese tourists to prepare for the flight to the ISS at Baikonur
The main crew of the spacecraft includes Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa and his business assistant Yozo Hirano
The interdepartmental commission at the meeting recommended approving the main and backup crews of the Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft and continuing their preparation for the flight to Baikonur, the press service of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (CPC) told TASS on Wednesday.
The Indian Navy has transferred the fourth Kalvari-class NPL
At the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) in Mumbai, the ceremony of handing over to the command of the Indian Navy the fourth of the six ordered Scorpen-class (Kalvari) submarines took place.
The world's first tracer shotgun hunting cartridge was created in Russia
According to Rostec State Corporation, it has no Russian and foreign analogues
A shotgun cartridge for hunting and shooting sports with a luminous element indicating the trajectory of the projectile was created in Russia. This was reported on Wednesday in the Rostec state Corporation.
Popular Mechanics: MiG-25 terrified NATO countries
The MiG-25 interceptor fighter is famous for its ability to develop almost three times the speed of sound. Due to the tactical and technical characteristics of the Soviet aircraft for many years terrified the pilots of the United States and NATO countries.
Morocco is not going to abandon the T-72B after receiving Abrams
The operation of the T-72B continues in the land forces of the Royal Moroccan Army. Despite receiving 222 American-made M1A1SA Abrams tanks, the command is not going to abandon Soviet vehicles - they have proven themselves to be simple and reliable.
The Cambridge Dictionary named "perseverance" the word of the year because of the success of NASA's mission to Mars
During the year, he was searched for more than 243 thousand times
The Cambridge English Dictionary named "perseverance" the word of 2021 in honor of the Mars rover of the same name, which, as part of the mission of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), was taken to the Jezero crater on Mars to search for life on the Red Planet.
